The Press., 1887-09-22
palnosr vas startled on TussaSllalFv eve. even, 1.

l Palmer was startled on Tuesday even
 ina by daring robbery at the house o
 lStiilman Ellis. the former agent of tht 1 mill at Orcnttville. The robber entered I MT. Ellis's house, and knocking down hii daughter made away with $1 ,50O. MT, I Ellis had drawn the money for payin of ! the help at the min of D. w. Ellis 6 Btos, in Wilbrahan, and had laid it on the piano ! in the sitting -roon He had been sitting
 in the room with hls 1agg Inter during the
 evening, but abou6 o'clock he went up. stairs to speak to his wife who was with q sick danghter. He heard q scream in g few minutes. asld rnuning down stairs found that s0nne one had knocked his
 dauelltaF d0wfls and escaped through the bed room window with the money. AI.a tenanE to SelaE slss house was made by soma one MaDnth or two ago, but they
 wefe heightened away by an occupant opening "a window. Mir. Ellis had .evi-
 dently been followed by persons who knew
 that he had inc money, and some clew
 may be found Go the robber. He was un-
 donbtedly in the bedroom adjoining the
 sitting-roOm when Mir. Ellis went upstairs: P. S.-Later details show that Mir. Ellis had missed the money aud gone from the room in search of sit, when thet concealed robbers rushed out and knocked Miss Ellis down iH their rush to get out. There were three of them. They evidently knew the
 house and ME Ellis practice of of keeping
 funds oveE night before pay day, and had laid naEaccordingly.. l,lla.oE saf 5'As1fs55
 -lOrient Chapter tR. A. M) meeting next "Wednesday evening. -John K. Lord Is out again after afl
 illneas of considerable severity aud dura-
 tion. ... .<g ...e-sF...3 ..sast .'.s-..sfs.sss+
 w. F. Cook of Springfield, whom the
 democrats of Massachusetts have nominat-
 ed for auditor, is the we'll known monu-
 ment dealer, Whohe wife was a Stafford
 lady whose maiden name was Lawrence.
 Mir. Cook would make an excellent auditor,
 and many friends in Stafford irrespective
 of parties would be glad to congratulate
 him on an election. f.,t-s ,, -t . . The opening s'no license" meeting,
 held at the Universalist church last Sunday
 afternoon, was not so fully attended as might have been the case had the town
 meeting been nearer at hand. Interest
 will increase as the day draws near to de-
 eide the question whether the privilege of
 rum selling under protection of the law is to be extended next year to the same par ties who have, so far as they dared, defed
 law and the public interdiction during the past year. There was strong interest dis played in the question of the towns action at Sundays meeting, and stirring speeches
 we're made by ReVs Simmons and Hawley, Prosecutor Hodgson also remarking upon the ineficiency and weakness of existing laws. A company of singers from Har- mony Temple of Honor aided to make the meeting interesting, spirited and effective. Next Sundays meeting will be at the Staf- fordville M. B. church, at 3 p. m., Rev. E. M. Taylor and others to speak. I'
 Dexter Lombard, who lives near Will lington depot, went to Palmer last Thurs day with 1-horse load of hay. Returning he left this village for home in the evening, and on reaching the Babcock railroad cross ing, being overcome with drowsiness, eith- CT permitted his horse or unconsciously guided him to takethe railroad instead of the highway. He had gone but a few hup pdred feet, when he was aroused by hearing the boat train coming behind him, and the mortified train hands, too near to check their own speed, saw Lombard iump into the bushes just before the train struck his wagon converting it. into mass of fine litter, and killing the horse. The train was stopped and backed up. Lombard
 
 first address was 8 demand for $50 indem- nifty for the departed steed. He was taken on the train and left at point very near his home. He has not yet begun suit for the damages claimed.
 That Stafford people are growing rest i've under the feeling that the railroad man. agers are discriminating against our village in various ways is most fully understood. Ar.1x val ,f1ok Sc koA in test falls far short of expressing what is felt. One reason that more complaint is not made is that the railroad is under lease, and the lease to expire in about two years, when the road will revert to it's own CTS or be leased to other parties, who will be likely to adopt more liberal policy to it's patrons. Grievances are an insult fcient number of trains, also disregard of of Stafford people in making at Palmer. 5 To go from home now to even the nearest stations, by rail, makes necessary the loss of the entire day. | This fact affects the receipts of the rail road, as many therefore do not go, or if 1 they do, drive. If one has business in l WillimantIc and also in Mansfield, or in Norwich and also in Willimantic, he can not make single trip answer by stopping over in one place for train, but must take | 8 day for each place. Result-he drives, or lets the business go undone. The rail- l road during nine months of the year, runs trains south at about 9 8. m., 3 and 7.3O D. | m. /; north at about and 10 a. m., and | p. m. There should be one additional rain the year around. And if there were, | there would be more travel. The road owes it to Stafford to give it better train service. And each evening train should | cave Palmer, connecting with late trains rom Hartford, Springfield and Boston. | There are few nights that some Stafford | are not left in Palmer.
 @-"Canadiennes" will be interested in. an ldvertisement in their own "lingua' ih | his paper. sz@ @1
 The annual meeting of the Wonnans Foreign Missionary Society was held in ihe ladies' parlor of the M. B. church Sept. 18th. The following officers were ,hOsen for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. B. K. Taft. list vice, Mss M. A. Francis 2d vice, Mrs. A. N. Nichols Sd rice, Miss Della NJ Keeney; recording and treasurer, Mrs. R. Patten :; corresponding secretary, Olive Bushnell ;I solicitor for the Friend, Miss Idella Mich ,ls. =f'@s'f 4~@4@"
 Mrs. R. D. Davison and her mother, Mrs. Ives, of Colchester, have been spend ng several days with Mrs. J. w. Chand- ST in this village, and Mrs. 0. has return 'd-with them to make avisit at their home.
 Louis s. Converse goes to Boston lext Monday to spend time at the School